In the year 2019
1,323 Notable deaths
Al Bianchi
American basketball player, coach, executive (1932–2019).
Born March 26th, 1932 in Long Island.
Died October 28th, 2019 at 87 years old in Phoenix (disease). [ref]
Abbey Simon
American musician (1920–2019).
Born January 8th, 1920 in New York City.
Died December 18th, 2019 at 99 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Jon Skolmen
Norwegian actor and tv host (1940-2019).
Born November 1st, 1940 in Oslo.
Died March 28th, 2019 at 78 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Eduard Punset
Spanish lawyer, economist, writer and scientific popularizer, sophist.
Born November 9th, 1936 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2019 at 82 years old in Barcelona (lung cancer). [ref]
Pierre Ndaye Mulamba
Dr congolese footballer (1948–2019).
Born November 4th, 1948 in Kananga.
Died January 26th, 2019 at 70 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Sergei Yursky
Soviet and russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter (1935-2019).
Born March 16th, 1935 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 8th, 2019 at 83 years old in Moscow (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Bernard Lietaer
Belgian economist (1942-2019).
Born February 7th, 1942 in Lauwe.
Died February 4th, 2019 at 76 years old in Hoyerhagen. [ref]
Friedrich Achleitner
Austrian poet and architectural critic (1930-2019).
Born May 23rd, 1930 in Schalchen.
Died March 27th, 2019 at 88 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Wolfgang Rindler
Austrian physicist (1924–2019).
Born May 18th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died February 8th, 2019 at 94 years old in Dallas (pneumonia).
Gianni De Michelis
Italian politician (1940–2019).
Born November 26th, 1940 in Venice.
Died May 11th, 2019 at 78 years old in Venice (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Galina Volchek
Soviet and russian theater and film director, actress and teacher (1933–2019).
Born December 19th, 1933 in Moscow.
Died December 26th, 2019 at 86 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Turkish general (1940–2019).
Born September 1st, 1940 in Eyüp.
Died November 21st, 2019 at 79 years old in Sarıyer (heart failure).
Mike Troy
American swimmer (1940–2019).
Born October 3rd, 1940 in Indianapolis.
Died August 2nd, 2019 at 78 years old in Arizona. [ref]
Diogo de Freitas do Amaral
Portuguese politician (1941-2019).
Born July 21st, 1941 in Póvoa de Varzim.
Died October 3rd, 2019 at 78 years old in Cascais e Estoril (cancer). [ref]
John Joubert
British composer of south african descent (1927–2019).
Born March 20th, 1927 in Cape Town.
Died January 7th, 2019 at 91 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
Milcho Leviev
Bulgarian composer (1937–2019).
Born December 19th, 1937 in Plovdiv.
Died October 12th, 2019 at 81 years old in Thessaloniki.
Charles A. Reich
American lawyer (1928–2019).
Born May 20th, 1928 in New York City.
Died June 15th, 2019 at 91 years old in San Francisco.
Peng Xiaolian
Chinese film director (1953-2019).
Born June 26th, 1953 in Chaling County.
Died June 19th, 2019 at 65 years old in Shanghai (disease). [ref]
Lee Hui-ho
First lady of south korea from 1998 to 2003.
Born September 21st, 1922 in Seoul.
Died June 10th, 2019 at 96 years old in Seoul (liver cancer).
Tom Nissalke
American basketball coach.
Born July 7th, 1932 in Madison.
Died August 22nd, 2019 at 87 years old in Salt Lake City.
Stoyanka Mutafova
Bulgarian actress (1922–2019).
Born February 2nd, 1922 in Sofia. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2019 at 97 years old in Military Medical Academy (pneumonia). [ref]
Beatriz Aguirre
Mexican actress.
Born March 21st, 1925 in Arteaga.
Died September 29th, 2019 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Etsuko Ichihara
Japanese actress and seiyū.
Born January 24th, 1936 in Chiba.
Died January 12th, 2019 at 82 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Eduardo Gómez
Spanish actor (1951-2019).
Born July 27th, 1951 in Madrid.
Died July 28th, 2019 at 68 years old in Madrid (laryngeal cancer).
Carol Emshwiller
American fiction writer (1921-2019).
Born April 12th, 1921 in Ann Arbor.
Died February 2nd, 2019 at 97 years old in Durham. [ref]
Deaths 726 to 750 of 1323
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks